New staff members for grades 7-12 at Kenton City Schools were introduced at Monday’s school board meeting. They include (from left, front) Shelby Shape, Brittany Evans, Tina Hiller, Hailee Loughman, Kirsten Newland;

Despite holding a 2-0 lead over visiting River Valley at halftime, head coach Jamie Bartlett felt his Kenton boys soccer team looked sluggish in the first half. In the second half, the Wildcat mentor liked what he saw a lot more as his team put the ball in the back of the net four more times on the way to a 6-1 victory on Monday night.

Elida defeated Kenton 4-1 in a Western Buckeye League tennis match on Monday night. The only victory for the Wildcats was from Mykaela Schriber at No. 1 singles. Schriber swept Elida’s Ava Long 6-0, 6-0.

As technology trainer at the area libraries, Chloe Noel has formed connections with those she helps, learning a little bit about them each time. Chloe is in her fourth year as technology trainer, which is a position originally funded by AmeriCorps for her first two years and is now funded by a grant through the state library.

Mya Whitaker hands a glass of lemonade to a customer outside the Pfeiffer Station General Store on Saturday morning. Mya and her sister, Kaitlyn (right of Mya), recruited their friends Taelyn Egbert (left) and Morgan Stewart in raising money for Not By Choice.

The Band Evil or Divine performs the Music of Ronnie James Dio during the Kenton Little League’s second annual Ball Park Bash on Saturday at Home Run Memorial Park.

John Graves of Fairfield got his pig kite slightly off the ground during Saturday's Go Fly A Kite activities at the YMCA's Corner Kick soccer fields.

BELLEFONTAINE — The Kenton girls soccer team started its season off with a 6-1 win over Ben Logan on Saturday. Addison Modd and Avery Smith had two goals each to lead the Wildcat attack, while Hanna Holland and Gabi Wetherill both chipped in with one tally.

For more than a century, the stone chapel at Grove Cemetery in Kenton has been a central icon. But today it is a storage building and the price tag for repairing the aged chapel has exceeded its worth, the board of trustees has determined. As they look for ways to remove it, the board members are seeking someone who can keep the stained glass windows and concrete gargoyles away from the wrecking ball.

Kenton’s Reed Cook pushes upfield past a Bellefontaine defender in the Wildcats’ season-opening match against the Chieftains at home on Friday night. Results for the match were unavailable by presstime.